A Little of This

Eh, I can manage the preparation.  You hold responsibility for place.

These next few months, with things messy, well, I don't want to over-complicate.  If we need to be public-only, that's fine.  I understand.  You need the best footing you can possibly have.  I'm not thinking about the friendship side of this -- that's well and good and perfectly appropriate.  You need someone outside of your social sphere to unwind to.

Remember you're not in this alone.  Of course, that's true on the "how far to take this" side, but it's also true on the frustration/pre-regret side.